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Vowels[edit | edit source]
- a /æ/ or /ɐ/ (as in Tigrinya) < Proto-Semitic *a
- u /u/ < Proto-Semitic *ū
- i /i/ < Proto-Semitic *ī
- ā /aː/ < Proto-Semitic *ā; later a
- e /e/ < Proto-Semitic *ay
- ə /ɨ/ < Proto-Semitic *i, *u
- o /o/ < Proto-Semitic *aw
Consonants[edit | edit source]
Transliteration[edit | edit source]
| translit. | h | l | ḥ | m | ś | r | s | q | b | t | ḫ | n | ʼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geʽez | ሀ | ለ | ሐ | መ | ሠ | ረ | ሰ | ቀ | በ | ተ | ኀ | ነ | አ |
| translit. | k | w | ʽ | z | y | d | g | ṭ | p̣ | ṣ | ḍ | f | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geʽez | ከ | ወ | ዐ | ዘ | የ | ደ | ገ | ጠ | ጰ | ጸ | ፀ | ፈ | ፐ |
Phonemes[edit | edit source]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labialized | |||||||
| Nasal | /m/ መ m | /n/ ነ n | ||||||||
| Stop/
Affricate |
voiceless | /p/ ፐ p | /t/ ተ t | /k/ ከ k | /kʷ/ ኰ kʷ | /ʔ/ አ ʼ | ||||
| voiced | /b/ በ b | /d/ ደ d | /g/ ገ g | /gʷ/ ጐ gʷ | ||||||
| emphatic | /pʼ/ ጰ p̣ | /t’/ ጠ ṭ | /t͡sʼ/ ጸ ṣ | /t͡ɬʼ/ ፀ ḍ | /k’/ ቀ q | /kʷ’/ ቈ qʷ | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | /f/ ፈ f | /s/ ሰ s | /ɬ/ ሠ ś | /x/ ኀ ḫ | /xʷ/ ኈ ḫʷ | /ħ/ ሐ ḥ | /h/ ሀ h | ||
| voiced | /z/ ዘ z | /ʕ/ ዐ ʽ | ||||||||
| Approximant | /r/ ረ r | /l/ ለ l | /j/ የ y | /w/ ወ w | ||||||
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